LOS ANGELES — The advertising worked.

Despite never having seen an episode of “9-1-1” prior to its Season 8 premiere, the first responder procedural shot to the top of my must-watch list after seeing its“Bee-nado” promo on TV. And online. And even on an unaffiliated streaming service. The three-part event concluded with the episode �...Read more

More than four decades have passed since Colin Hay’s Men at Work topped the Billboard Hot 100 with back-to-back No. 1 hits “Who Can It Be Now?” and the Australian anthem “Down Under.”

The band’s prominence during the early MTV era with its cheeky videos and Hay’s charismatic charm didn’t last in part because the band splintered ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Billie Eilish and her brother, Finneas, are sitting in a Glendale dressing room, moisturizing after a photo shoot as they laughingly recount the time their dad asked a young Finneas to climb on a chair and snap a picture of his bald spot.

"This was a brief moment when he was trying some sort of topical hair ointment," Finneas ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Patrice Jetter is a medal-winning ice skater, a model train set maker, a costume designer, a beloved crossing guard in Hamilton Township, New Jersey — and now the star of the new Hulu documentary, "Patrice: The Movie."

Jetter’s magnetic personality and flashy style shines as she invites the camera into her world. “Hi, my ...Read more

NEW YORK — Most great plays are about death, but Thornton Wilder’s “Our Town” is the most likely American play of the 20th century to have you walking out of the theater determined to do things a little differently in your day-to-day existence — most importantly, to appreciate your loved ones while you still have them and remain above ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Scott Speedman knows something about survival mode. He and his partner welcomed their second child just over a month ago and, well, he's familiar with getting through the days on little sleep.

"My kid's not sleeping at all, so I drive him around from like, 12:30 to 2:30 in the morning," he says. "I've lived in Silver Lake for 21...Read more

Greig Nori, the former manager for pop punk band Sum 41, has denied the claims in singer Deryck Whibley’s memoir accusing him of sexual coercion and abuse.

“The accusation that I initiated the relationship is false. I did not initiate it. Whibley initiated it, aggressively,” Nori wrote in a statement to the Toronto Star on Thursday.

“...Read more

NEW YORK — Bill Maher concedes that his Nov. 16 New York Comedy Festival performance won’t be the most important thing on New Yorkers’ schedule in a month that includes a presidential election and a World Series that could involve a local team or two. (He owns a small share of the Mets.)

But the HBO “Real Time” host welcomes the ...Read more

Martha Stewart may be close to perfect when it comes to home economics, but the diva of domesticity has revealed she was far from it during her near-30 year marriage.

In a new documentary for Netflix, Stewart admits to cheating on her ex-husband, Andrew Stewart, while doling out marital advice to young women.

“If you’re married and your ...Read more

NEW YORK — "Saturday Night" is a fly-on-the-wall dramatization of the tense, chaotic 90 minutes leading up to the first broadcast of "Saturday Night Live." Directed by Jason Reitman, the film depicts the rebellious group of writers and performers who helped create a comedy institution that has defied all predictions by enduring on NBC for half...Read more

ANAHEIM, Calif. — It's time to get down with the sickness.

The Chicago-based heavy metal band Disturbed is celebrating the 25-year anniversary of their debut album, "The Sickness," with a 34-date North American tour kicking off in late February. Each night will feature two sets of music, opening with Disturbed playing "The Sickness" in full, ...Read more

NEW YORK — R. Kelly’s daughter Joanne Kelly, who also goes by the name Buku Abi, is telling her story in upcoming new documentary, “Karma: A Daughter’s Journey.”

In the TVEI Streaming Network special, Abi opens up about being abused by her father growing up. “He was my everything. For a long time, I didn’t even want to believe ...Read more

ATHENS, Ga. — Juliana Hartley had a peak Athens experience on Thursday.

The University of Georgia senior saw Michael Stipe, frontman of the band R.E.M. that famously formed here in the 1980s. Stipe sightings are common because he lives here part time. But Hartley witnessed something few have seen the past two decades — Stipe performing live...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Theresa Randle, the actor who long played the devoted wife of Martin Lawrence's Marcus Burnett in three "Bad Boys" films, was taken into custody in Los Angeles earlier this week on suspicion of felony assault with a deadly weapon, but was not charged.

Randle, 59, was detained Monday over an incident that happened Saturday, ...Read more

Kanye West and Bianca Censori are “working through” a “rocky” time in their marriage, but have no plans on parting ways, even amid claims the controversial rapper hired someone to follow his wife.

The 47-year-old Grammy winner, who these days goes by “Ye,” and 29-year-old Yeezy architectural designer are “not divorcing,” an ...Read more

Lupita Nyong’o confirmed that she and Joshua Jackson have broken up, nearly a year after they were first romantically linked.

The Oscar winner, 41, told Harper’s Bazaar UK in an interview published Wednesday that she’ll credit any future romance to the love she has for her cat.

“My love for my cat is singular. If I’m ever so lucky to...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The members of Vampire Weekend are very good at this.

Gathered on a recent afternoon to talk about the band’s fifth album, “Only God Was Above Us,” frontman Ezra Koenig, bassist Chris Baio and drummer Chris Tomson have agreed to play a little game in which they’ll try to name from memory LP No. 5 by half a dozen high-...Read more

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Over a decade ago, a guy from south Charlotte had a seemingly far-fetched idea that the Avett Brothers music would make for a great show about a shipwreck tale of survival and redemption.

Flash forward to today, and the folk-rock band from Concord is posing for publicity shots in front of the Broadway marquee for that ...Read more

Model-multihyphenate Georgia May Jagger is officially onto her next gig: motherhood.

The 32-year-old daughter of Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger on Thursday announced the birth of her first child with skateboarder boyfriend Cambryan Sedlick, 24.

"Our Son Dean Lee Jagger Sedlick was born September 30th. We are so in Love and happy and can't...Read more